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Religion Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- It is among men of genius and science that atheism alone is found.
- Christianity indeed has equaled Judaism in the atrocities, and exceeded it in the extent of its desolation. Eleven millions of men, women, and children have…
- Religion! but for thee, prolific fiend, Who peoplest earth with demons, hell with men, And heaven with slaves!
- Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.
- Religion pervades intensely the whole frame of society, and is according to the temper of the mind which it inhabits, a passion, a persuasion, an…
- A God made by man undoubtedly has need of man to make himself known to man.
- Design must be proved before a designer can be inferred.
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